The business segment is becoming a more and more attractive target for cipher-malware developers. According to a
Kaspersky Lab report based on Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) data, every 10th Cypto-Ransomware attack is aimed at Corporate users.
Cyber-criminals using ransomware have begun to attack businesses more frequently, particularly small and medium-sized companies. This trend is confirmed by the IT Security Risks 2016 study from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, during which 42 percent of respondents from small and medium-sized businesses agreed that cryptomalware was one of the most serious threats they faced last year.
According to the number of attacks against the corporate sector 2015-2016, compared with 2014-2015 has grown six fold (from 27,000 to 158,000). Thus, ransomware tried to encrypt the data of every tenth B2B user.
For small companies, any data unavailability – however brief - can lead to significant losses, or bring their entire operations to a halt. If a company has not been taking due measures to ensure the safety of its important information, purchasing the decryption key from cyber-criminals can be the only way to recover data. However, this does not guarantee complete data recovery. The best way to protect your company from malware is to prevent the attack in the first place.
